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Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

International Initiatives

Inria Associate Teams Not Involved in an Inria International Labs

LargeBrainNets
  • Title: Characterizing Large-scale Brain Networks Using Novel Computational Methods for dMRI and fMRI-based Connectivity

  • International Partner (Institution - Laboratory - Researcher):

    • Stanford (United States) - Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory - Vinod Menon

  • Duration :Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2018

  • Partners: Athena project-team,

  • See also: http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Demian.Wassermann/large-brain-nets.html

  • The first major goal of this project is to develop and validate appropriate sophisticated computational and mathematical tools for identifying functional nodes at the whole-brain level and measuring structural and functional connectivity between them, using state-of-the-art human brain imaging techniques and open-source HCP data. To this end, we will first develop and validate novel computational tools for (1) identifying stable functional nodes of the human brain using resting-state functional MRI and (2) measuring structural connectivity between functional nodes of the brain using multi-shell high-angular diffusion MRI. Due to the complementarity of the two imaging techniques fMRI and dMRI, our novel computational methods methods, the synergy between the two laboratories of this associate team will allow us to reveal in unprecedented detail the structural and functional connectivity of the human brain. The second major goal of this project is to use our newly developed computational tools to characterize normal structural and functional brain networks in neurotypical adults.

Inria International Partners

Declared Inria International Partners
  • Sherbrooke University, CA (M. Descoteaux)

  • Harvard Medical School, USA (S. Bouix)

  • CMRR, University of Minnesota, USA (Christophe Lenglet)

  • Verona University, It (Gloria Menegaz)

  • Department of CISE, the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA (Baba C. Vemuri)

  • Centre for Medical Image Computing (CMIC), Dept. Computer Science, UCL, UK (D. Alexander)

  • SBIA, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, USA (R. Verma).

  • BESA company on EEG/MEG modeling.

Participation in Other International Programs

  • University Houari Boumedienne (USTHB, Algiers) (L. Boumghar) and University of Boumerdes, (D. Cherifi), Algeria.